Souvenir SG 553 | Damascus Steel (Minimal Wear)

What makes a copy Souvenir

The Souvenir SG 553 | Damascus Steel (Minimal Wear, MW) is the Souvenir copy of this skin — the same Mil-Spec Grade finish, handed out in a souvenir package at a Major rather than pulled from a case. Instead of paint, the SG 553 gets covered in damascus-steel-style metal plating here — a Valve-made finish built around the wavy, layered texture that forged steel is known for, giving it a heavier, weapon-smith character than a typical camo skin. Minimal Wear covers 0.07–0.15 on the float scale, a step below Factory New, with wear that stays hard to spot at a glance.

What the stickers do to the price of the SG 553 | Damascus Steel

Only a souvenir package opened during a Major produces one of these. Each package holds a skin from the tournament's collection, and it arrives carrying up to four stickers from one match — both teams, the MVP and the event — fixed on permanently. A Souvenir skin is never StatTrak™ — the two are mutually exclusive.

Where it comes from

The finish sets a floor and the stickers decide the rest. A copy out of a famous match, or one wearing a sticker from a player who has since retired, can sit several times above a plain copy at the same exterior; an unremarkable match leaves it near one.

FAQ

The finish is part of The Dust 2 Collection, which arrived in November 2013 alongside the "Out with the old, in with the new" update.

Can a Souvenir SG 553 | Damascus Steel be StatTrak?

No. Souvenir and StatTrak™ are mutually exclusive — a copy is one or the other, never both, and neither can be added to a skin after it drops.

Can the stickers be removed from a Souvenir SG 553 | Damascus Steel?

No. Souvenir stickers are part of the copy and cannot be scraped off, unlike stickers a player applies themselves. That is why two souvenir copies of one skin at the same exterior can be priced far apart.